Part of the Global Plot to Expose Moonbats, conspiracy nuts, and anti-Semites, especially the Jewish anti-Semitic variety.
The leftwing Neo-Nazi web magazine Counterpunch has described Plaut thus: "One of the most pernicious writers is Steven Plaut, a man who could be thought of as Israel's Daniel Pipes."

Friday, July 15, 2011

An Aye for an Eye

1. Israel's Supreme Court took yet another step towards suppressingfreedom of speech when it ruled this week that telling the truth is nodefense against being charged with the crime of "insulting a publicofficial." Israel is probably the only democracy on earth that has aSoviet-like law against offending public servants. In the case inquestion, a man stood alone in front of a police station with a signthat read, "Officer A.A. should be fired because he collaborates withcriminals against those who have complained against the criminals.Rotten apples must go." The protester was arrested and charged withinsulting a public servant. He was sentenced to prison, but paroled,and fined. He appealed on grounds that what he said was factuallycorrect.

While dissenting over whether the sign in question had actuallyinsulted the public servant, among the judges joining in votingunanimously for the ruling was Supreme Court Deputy Chief JusticeEliezer Rivlin. We will be commenting shortly on Rivlin's hostilityto freedom of speech in Israel and refusal to squash SLAPP suits.

2. Makor Rishon today carries a fascinating report.One Matan Cohen, a member of the "Anarchists against the Wall"terrorist group, which attacks Israeli police and soldiers violentlyeach week in alliance with Palestinian terrorists, lost an eye. His"anarchists" group is claiming he lost the eye when he was shot by arubber bullet fired by an Israeli border patrolman (border patrol is abranch of the police). His "martyrdom" is the banner being waved bythe anarcho-fascists in their international campaign to raise somemoney for themselves.

Only one itsy-bitsy problem with this. It turns out that an Israelicourt examined the case and ruled that Matan Cohen's eye was put outby a Palestinian (throwing a rock?) and not be any border patrolman.The judge in the case, Dalia Granot, repeatedly called Cohen a liar inher ruling, and noted his frequent changing of his story. Expertwitnesses proved his eye was not damaged by any rubber bullet, as heand his anarcho-fascist friends keep insisting.

3. Who says Palestinians do not know how to show their gratitudetowards those who benefit them? Some Palestinians stole the car ofAmir Peretz, a leader in the Labor Party and a one-time contender forthe party's lead position, before that serving as the head of theHistadrut crime family. PLO "cops" – who differ from regularterrorists in the beret that they wear – spotted the car, found itbelonged to Peretz, so they returned it to him.